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V HOOP FUR TRUNDLING. No. 378,327 Patented Feb. 21,1888.

III II I In venior UNITED STATES PATENT @rricn.

JOHN F. LIIPHAED, OF XVASHINGTON, DlSTRIGT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO RICHARD COPP, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOOP FOR TRUNDLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,327, dated February21, 1888.

Application filed November 2, lESG. Serial No. 217,339. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J can F. LIPPHARD, of Washington, in the District ofColumbia, have invented certain Improvements in Hoops for Trundling; andI do hereby declare that the following specification contains afulldescription of the same, reference heinghad to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Thisinvention relates to hoops to hetrundled by children; and itconsists of a novel and improved construction of hoop, with certainattachments thereto, forming an amusing toy, as hereinafter describedand claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view showing the outerside of a hoop provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 isa centralvertical section of the same. Fig. 3 illustrates the construction of therings forming the hub in which the hoop-stiokissecured.

The hoop with my construction is not intended to be trundlcd bybeatingitwith astick; but one end of the stick has a loose or swivel connectionwith rings or a hub at the center of the hoop, spokes, or wiresextending to the rim to which they are fastened.

A designates the rim of the hoop, and B the stick or handle by means ofwhich the hoop is trundled. The spokes a are constructed of wire, thepieces being bent and twisted in such a manner as to form central ringsor hub, b, in which one end of the stick is loosely secured. Two piecesof wire are made to form four of the spokes thus: The ends of two piecesof wire are insertcdin the rim A at the inside, a suitable distanceapart, and the wires are then brought together at a point near thecenter of the hoop,where they are twisted together. The wires are thenbent to form a ring, I), of suit able size, for the end of the stick,and are again twisted, and their opposite ends are inserted in the rimof the hoop. Several couples of wires are bent and applied to the hoopin like manner to form the requisite number of spok es. The outward endof each of the wires is bent twice at right angles to form a shoulder,c, which sets against the rim, when the end of the wire is properlyinserted, so that the rim of the hoop is effectually biased by thespokes.

Thestick or handle 13, for trundlingthehoop,

is reduced at its-forward end, forming ashoulder, (2, and the axle thusformed is passed through the central rings or hub, Z1, and is secured bymeans of a washer, e, and screw 9.

0 indicates a rim surrounding the axle of the 5 wheel and made fast tothe spokes, said rim being provided with teeth or projections it, forthe purpose hereinafter stated.

A short distance from the connection of the stick B with the hub a rodor wire, 2', extends 6o upward from the stick, its lower end beingsecured thereto, and has its upper end passed over the rim of the hoop,as shown. An oblique wire, in, forming a brace, has one end secured tothe stick, and, extending upward, is wound around the wire 2' and thenturned downward directly over the rim 0. These wires 2 and 7c form aframe within whichis supported or suspended one or more images,to whichmotion is imparted by the movement of the hoop. 7c

In Fig. 1 two figures or images, D and E, are shown in the act ofrunning, each being pivoted to a horizontal bar, F, which is centrallyfastened to the depending wire k. The images are so constructed and hangto bar F that the 7 forward foot of each of them is held near the rim 0in position to be struck by the projections it on the rim as the hooprevolves.

From the upper part of the wire frame and over the rim of the hoopextends a vertical wire limb, in, to which is fastened the image G, thelimbs of the image being loosely connected with the body and havingacordm, connected with them, the construction being similar to what iscommonly known as a dancing-jack, to which motion is imparted by pullingacord.

The cord at is passed through a loop, 0, and extended down to a fixedstud, 1), near the center of the hoop. As the hoop is trundled along bymeans of the handle B, the rim C revolving go with the hoop, the teeth hsuccessivelyinipinge against the forward foot of each of theimagcs D andE, giving each of thema running or leaping movement; and the studp,moving on a circle around the center of thehoop, draws the 5 l hoops ofthis construction, and one or more imrim, 0, secured to the spokes,ahandle having a loose connection with the hub, a frame carried by thehandle and extending upward therefrom, and one or more images pivotallyconnected with the frame and held in position above the rim 0, for theimpingement of teeth h against the feet of the images, substantially asand for the purposes described.

3. :In combination withahoop havingahau dle-loosely connected with ita't the center, a wire frame carried by the handle and extending upwardand over the rim of the hoop, an image carried by said frame and fixedthereto above the said rim, the limbs of said image having a looseconnection with its body, afixed stud near the center of the hoop, and acord, a, connected with the stud and with the limbs of the image,substantially as set forth and o described.

Witness my signature hereto in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN F. LIPPHARD.

Witnesses:

EDWIN CRUsE, C. B. THOMPSON.

